Disclosure DaySpielberg's triumphant return to the box office.
Over the weekend, Universal Pictures released in theaters The day of revelationthe most recent of Steven Spielbergwhich was positioned at number 1 at the box office.
Con a global collection of $93.9 million dollarsthe box office welcomes Spielberg to the path of success, after surpassing the projections that estimated a premiere of $65 million; At the domestic box office it grossed $44.5 million dollars, while at the international box office it grossed $49.4 million dollars in 72 markets.
Spielberg is coming off a spotty commercial streak as a director: Coming in 2022, his autobiographical drama The Fabelmansreached a total worldwide gross of $45.6 million, while in 2021, West Side Story reached $76 million dollars. The director's last success was eight years ago with Ready Player One (2018), which grossed $607.9 million worldwide.
The international market will be key for Disclosure Day.
Their ten best international markets at its premiere are: United Kingdom/Ireland ($7.3 million), Mexico ($3.9 mdd)China ($2.9 billion), France ($2.9 billion), Australia ($2.8 billion), Spain ($2.7 billion), Brazil ($2.6 billion), Italy ($2.2 billion), Germany ($2 billion), and South Korea ($1.4 billion).
- Both in Mexico, Spain and Brazil, Disclosure Day recorded a premiere box office exceeding Ready Player One.
The film is scheduled to premiere in Japan on October 1.
Disclosure Day is benefiting from the growing rise of IMAX screens and premium large format theaters. IMAX accounts for $13.8 million of the nearly $94 million the film grossed in its worldwide opening weekend, which is just under 15%.
The production cost was $115 million dollars.
With Box Office Mojo figures.
Based on an original story by Spielberg, and screenplay by David Kopp (Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, Jurassic World Rebirth), – due to its title in our region – stars Emily Blunt as Margaret Fairchild, a Kansas City meteorologist, who, along with Daniel Kellner (Josh O’Connor), discovers that something strange is happening in the world, and that humanity deserves to know the truth.
Other cast members include Colman Domingo (The Running Man), Colin Firth (The King’s Speech), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters), Elizabeth Marvel (Presumed Innocent), y Wyatt Russell (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters).
Disclosure Day marks Spielberg's return to the science fiction and UFO genre.
Extraterrestrials have been a topic addressed by Spielberg in the acclaimed Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), E.T. (1982), y War of the Worlds (2005). Just over twenty years since we last did it, it's time to explore them once again.
Here you find the four-star review we gave it at Cine3.
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS:
“If you discovered that we were not alone, if someone showed it to you, demonstrated it to you, would you be scared? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are approaching… Revelation Day.”
The producers of the feature film are Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, with executive producers Chris Brigham and Adam Somner. Amblin Entertainment is the production company, and Universal Pictures is the distributor.
Spielberg's iconic and frequent collaborator, John Williamsis in charge of the original soundtrack, with another frequent associate of the directorJanusz Kaminski (West Side Story, Lincoln, War Horse, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List), as director of photography.
This is Spielberg's first film since the release of The Fabelmans (2022), and the first original science fiction project since Ready Player One (2018).
The day of revelationnow in theaters.
Source: https://cine3.com/estreno-disclosure-day-arrasa-taquilla-94-millones-taquilla-mundial/
